Nelson Brothers, Inc.

Founded in 1956, Nelson Brothers is a leading manufacturer and distributor of mining explosives products and services to many of the largest surface coal producers in the United States as well as the nation’s largest aggregate producer. Additionally, through Nelson Brothers Specialty Chemical Business, it provides products and services to customers throughout South America, Asia and Europe. With more than 500 employees and operations throughout the United States, Nelson Brothers has supplied almost eight billion pounds of its flagship emulsion product known as PowerNel® to the mining industry. Additionally, it has produced and shot more than one million of its UNI Tronic 500 Electronic Blasting System which was developed as a lower cost electronics system to serve the large volume detonator usage markets.